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Topic: In memory of Christine (Read 23856 times)

On the 17th of October 2007 we lost a beautiful member of this forum, she was well loved and respected by all who knew her, she fought long and hard but finally lost her battle, I ask that you all remember her today.

I never really knew Christine, but I know, through everyone here, how special and precious she was. As my tribute, I offer the following from Angelo Patri, he writes:

“In one sense there is no death. The life of a soul on earth lasts beyond their departure. You will always feel that life touching yours, that voice speaking to you, that spirit looking out of other eyes, talking to you in the familiar things they touched, worked with, loved as familiar friends. They live on in your life and in the lives of all others who knew them.”

I saved Christine's last PM to me. I keep it to remember that she was here, real, and someone worth knowing. And that the world misses her light, even as the universe is made all the brighter for it.

Logged

"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."

I stopped by St Albans Cathedral this afternoon to light a candle for Ian but I was instinctively drawn to pick up two candles rather than one.

As I lit the second one, the thought came to my head that ‘this one’s for Christine’. I have no idea where that thought came from so I said a prayer for Christine and it was only when I got home and checked here that I realised it is the second anniversary of Christine’s passing tomorrow.

So wherever you are Christine, I heard you and a light is shining for you in a beautiful chapel.

I stopped by St Albans Cathedral this afternoon to light a candle for Ian but I was instinctively drawn to pick up two candles rather than one.

As I lit the second one, the thought came to my head that ‘this one’s for Christine’. I have no idea where that thought came from so I said a prayer for Christine and it was only when I got home and checked here that I realised it is the second anniversary of Christine’s passing tomorrow.

So wherever you are Christine, I heard you and a light is shining for you in a beautiful chapel.

Rest in Peace.

Emma

That was really beautiful.

I never met Christine but it's clear how much she is missed. I imagine she's healthy and happy on the other side.

Sunday was a beautiful autumn day in London and I was walking in Kensington Gardens and Christine came into my mind; I didn't realise until today that it was the 3rd anniversary of her passing yesterday.

So I just wanted to acknowledge her memory once again - I know she is still greatly missed by many members here.

Wherever your spirit maybe Christine I hope it knows you are not forgotten.

Whenever I think of you, I think of the photos of you at Disneyland, posing next to Minnie Mouse. You were so happy to have been able to make that trip - and I'm glad you got to go. I'll never forget the smile on your face.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts